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Istanbul, Turkey (1962 – present)

Ayşe Ajda Pekkan (born February 12, 1946, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish pop singer and actress. Through a career spanning five decades thus far, Pekkan has released more than 20 albums and, with is the most commercially successful female Turkish music artist with the sales of over 30 million copies worldwide.

Pekkan is nicknamed the “Superstar” of Turkish pop music. She got this title after her album “[album artist=ajda pekkan]SUPERSTAR
” which was released in 1978. Although famed for her music, Pekkan started her career as an actress with appearances in almost 50 films. During her music career, Pekkan has recorded songs in nine languages. Apart from Turkish, she is also fluent in English and French.

With the help of her sister, Semiramis, she began singing at the popular Istanbul nightclub Çatı (Roof) in 1962. The following year, Pekkan won a Cover Star contest sponsored by the Turkish music magazine Ses (“Voice”) and was launched on a professional career.

After a short movie career she started singing and she has been at the center of the Turkish musical scene since 1965. A star of both stage and screen, Pekkan’s repertoire extends well beyond Turkish folk and popular music to embrace styles such as French chanson. It made her the first Turkish singer ever to perform in Olympia, Paris, France in 1976.

In the course of her career, Pekkan has received countless honors, and toured internationally. 1980 marked her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Pet’roil’. Her albums were released in Japan, Spain, Greece, Germany, France, Israel and Italy.

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